News Release

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Vons Market Take-Over Robbery

Los
Angeles: LAPD Detectives are asking for the public's help in
locating two suspects, who posed as vendors and robbed a Vons
Market.

On September 3, 2008 at about 6 a.m., two suspects, wearing Pepsi
vendor shirts, entered the Vons Market located at the 9800 block of
National Boulevard in West Los Angeles. The suspects walked to the
employee lunch room on the second floor. When a store employee
opened the accounting office, the suspects forced the employee into
the office and ordered her to lie on the floor. The suspects used
handcuffs to secure her hands behind her back. The suspects then
removed an undisclosed amount of cash from the safe.

The internal video system captured both suspects walking up the
stairs to access the second floor. It provides excellent images of
both suspects.

Both suspects are described as males, with black hair, brown eyes,
5'11" tall, 150 pounds, approximately 20 to 25 years of old.
Suspect one is a male, Black.

There were no injuries reported during the robbery.

Anyone with information regarding this suspect or his whereabouts
is asked to call West Los Angeles Robbery Detectives at
310-444-1520. After-hours or on weekends, calls may be directed to
a 24-hour, toll-free number at 1-877-LAWFULL (529-3855) or texting
CRIMES (274637) and beginning the message with LAPD. Tipsters may
also submit information on the LAPD website, www.lapdonline.org.
Tips may remain anonymous.